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A fool’s brain
A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
G. B. Shaw
Genius and curiosity
An anonymous, reported by Ilead365 (http://www.ilead365.com/) spends some words on relation between genius and curiosity, saying that “genius is perceiving every problem as something completely new”.
Is a matter of fact that curious people are more “complete” persons, at least because of the continuous (positive) stress put on their brain.
In my opinion is very difficult to trace a clear line between genius and what is perceived as genius.
For example if you try to imagine a person capable of a real effective lateral thinking, sometimes is able to catch some links that can be perceived as “genious” while they could be only the expression of a trained mind.
So, “acting and training as a genious” could make you resemble like a genious.
And curiosity, together with an open minded approach, is the key.
Open mind enables you to explore different approaches, while curiosity (cultivated with perseverance) gives you the datas to explore.
Using an IT similitude, is like having the query tools (open mind) and the database (datas extracted using curiosity).
And though, when the mind is trained to work like this is easier to make “automatic links”.
Thinking fast and the importance of training
Dustin Wax at Lifehack writes an article on the importance to think fast (full article at http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/on-luck-success-and-10000-hours.html).
I agree on the importance to think fast and I’m confident that this ability comes from a continuous and targeted training: in my opinion if our brain is able to “cache” repetitive actions and reactions to situations, when comes the time to act to a similar stimulus, then “knows” the path to use or at least has clear some (all) options.
This comment also as a post at http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/on-luck-success-and-10000-hours.html/comment-page-1#comment-340066
Idle or active mind?
Gina Trapani at Smarterware tells us of a disovery reported, among the others, by The New York Times, where we are told that minds when are wandering, this helps problem solving (full article at http://smarterware.org/2441/daydreaming-is-problem-solving, original article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124535297048828601-email.html#articleTabs%3Darticle).
The preface is that what follows is only speculation and brainstorming, because I have no scientfic basis to say this nor I have similar skills.
I think is a way mind uses to use spare or costless resources for creating a sort of “cache” that permits faster renderings of real thoughts.
Sometimes when you start wandering is very similar to engaging autopilot. It seems that mind is taking control of your thoughts and start making (il)logical links, where some times is difficult to reconstruct th efull path used to get there.
I think when this happens is a sort of trigger hit by thoughts that starts this process, and by doing this, connections arre stimulated. and this solutioning helps solving problems faster because some (or all nodes) of the possible solution have been explored before.
This post as a comment also at http://smarterware.org/2441/daydreaming-is-problem-solving/comment-page-1#comment-700
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